It turns out that I too have been robbed.

Qi Baili has never been a person who likes to hesitate since he was a child, and he is not a person who likes to joke.Especially this matter has something to do with Pei Ruzhou.

Therefore, although this matter sounds crazy, the eunuch just now didn't think that Qi Baili just told him casually.

After returning to Huazhang Palace, he began to notify people to prepare, and in just three days, the news that Qi Baili was leaving Fengcheng for the border had already spread throughout the government and the public.

Although everyone knew that it was very dangerous for the emperor to leave Fengcheng to go to Zhoulan Pass.However, no one can stop Qi Baili's decision.

So after another three days, the bright yellow carriage to the Zhoulan Pass had already stopped at the gate of Huazhang Palace.

……

Now is not a good time to go to Day Orchid Pass.

The weather this year is rather strange, especially the rain and snow never stopped on the way to the west.

Of course, Qi Baili also wanted to ride a fast horse and head towards Zhoulan Pass alone, but due to the weather, he still slowed down.

At the beginning, Qi Baili was also a little impatient.

But then he suddenly remembered something - when Pei Ruzhou went to Fengcheng for the first time, it seemed to be around the same time.

And that time, Pei Ruzhou also encountered a heavy snowstorm on the road.

He even got seriously ill because of the snowstorm...

Thinking of this, Qi Baili's heart couldn't help but ache, he suddenly couldn't help thinking - if Pei Ruzhou hadn't left the Zhoulan Pass back then, if he had stayed at home... then the ending would have been different from now, right?

Thinking of this, Qi Baili couldn't help but let out a heavy sigh.He reached out to lift the curtain and looked out the window.

At this time, it was snowing heavily, and the convoy stopped halfway.

There was originally an endless plain outside, but at this time there was only a vast expanse of whiteness left.

No matter how you look at it, it's just hopelessly pure white.

While opening the curtains, a knife-like cold wind hit Qi Baili's cheeks.

But as if he didn't feel it, he didn't mean to hide at all.

If Pei Ruzhou hadn't left Zhoulan Pass...

He must be carefree, he must still be here now.

Qi Baili suddenly felt that all this was ridiculous.What happened in Huazhang Palace in Fengcheng back then was like a catastrophe to Pei Ruzhou.

In other words, Pei Ruzhou's fate, from the moment he left Zhoulan Pass, rushed towards an uncontrollable direction.

The person sitting by the window clenched his fist silently... Qi Baili has always believed that getting to know Pei Ruzhou is the luckiest thing in his life, and it is also the most meaningful thing in his life.

But at this moment, he suddenly didn't feel that way.

He would rather go back in time and Pei Ruzhou not go to Fengcheng, he would rather that the two of them never knew each other.

That's better than now...

On the way here, Qi Baili hung the camel bell in the carriage.

With this gust of cold wind, the camel bell shook slightly.

I don't know if it was Qi Baili's psychological effect, but he always felt that the sound of the camel bell seemed to become a little clearer and a little more cheerful.

Could it be that the camel bell was also happy to return to Zhoulan Pass?

Qi Baili misses Pei Ruzhou, but in recent years, he has almost never mentioned Pei Ruzhou in public, let alone called him by name.

But at this moment, following the cold wind and the camel bell, Qi Baili couldn't help calling out that name.

"Like the day..."

Is Pei Ruzhou here at this time?

Did he wait for him on the way to Zhoulan Pass, and even shook the camel bell lightly to remind him?

Qi Baili even waited silently at this moment, would Pei Ruzhou answer him?

However, to his disappointment, it was still this silent snow field that answered him.

After a long journey, Qi Baili and his party finally reached their final destination.

Prior to this, the general in charge of guarding the Zhoulan pass had already been notified.Knowing that Qi Baili was coming, he was ready to meet him.

But Qi Baili didn't buy it.

He was very low-key when he came, before the convoy came over, Qi Baili first rode a fast horse, changed into casual clothes, and headed towards the destination.

It was sunset when he came.

Completely different from the snowy and windy scene along the way, the weather here at Rioran Pass is frighteningly good.

At this time, the red sun in the west was slowly sinking, and it was almost on the verge of sinking to the ground.

The clouds in the sky were also dyed purple by the remaining light.

Following this, the sand on the ground also took on a golden-red-golden color, as if someone knocked gold powder over the painting.

Everything is so ostentatious, just like Pei Ruzhou from before...

Even though Qi Baili hadn't been here a few times before, but now, seeing the gorgeous scene in front of him, he actually felt a familiar feeling.

He fell in love with Zhoulan Pass again.

Qi Baili stopped outside the city gate of Zhou Languan for a long time, and when the sunset was over and the sky turned purple blue, he reluctantly rode slowly towards the city.

At the moment of entering the city gate of Zhou Languan, Qi Baili couldn't help but look up at the big words.

The last ray of light illuminated the black door plaque, and Qi Baili clearly realized that he had come to the place guarded by Pei Ruzhou.

Today, Qi Baili just wanted to take a look around, but what surprised him was that unlike Fengcheng, which has remained unchanged for so many years, Rilan Pass has changed a lot, and it is completely different from the dilapidated and depressed appearance in his memory. different.

Qi Baili saw that the sun had set at this time, all the streets and markets were lit up, and there were many tourists on the streets.

Think about it and you will understand - when Qi Baili came here, the relationship between the Western Regions and Dayi was almost the worst in a century, and the two sides had just fought a battle.The business relationship between the two sides has also been cut off.

Anyone who can leave here will find a way to go to the Central Plains.

But now that the Western Regions have been completely opened up, Day Languan has regained its title of "commercial center".

Qi Baili got off his horse the moment he entered the door. He led the black horse and walked aimlessly towards the other side of the long street.

And those people who passed by him around him, some of them spoke Dayi official dialect that Qi Baili could understand, while more people spoke Western language that Qi Baili could not understand.

As an emperor, he should be angry or surprised to hear an incomprehensible language in his own territory.

But now, Qi Baili's heart, which had been silent for many years, was slowly jumping up.

He couldn't help thinking - when Pei Ruzhou lived here, did he hear the same voice?

He will hear the language of the foreign race on this long street, and then eat the delicious food from the other side of the desert.

Pei Ruzhou grew up in such a day orchid pass.

Only such a place can raise people like him.

...Speaking of which, when Pei Ruzhou was in Fengcheng, he often used the words "Zuran Pass" on his lips.

He would mention everything he had and told others what his hometown was like, and he would also invite people to play with him in Zhoulan Pass in the future.

Pei Ruzhou likes his hometown from the bottom of his heart.

But when they heard Pei Ruzhou's words at that time, although everyone said "yes" and showed surprise on their faces, how many people really wanted to come here to have a look?

Before Qi Baili came to Zhoulan Pass, he specially put on a black veiled hat.

Logically speaking, his attire is very weird. If he was in Fengcheng, everyone would definitely look at him curiously, and even avoid him from a distance.

But Day Lan Pass is different.

No one here gave Qi Baili a second look, they were just doing their own thing.

And Qi Baili has never been so relaxed in these years.

He led the horse like this, and walked quietly on the long street.

Qi Baili didn't say a word, and quietly observed his surroundings. He was out of tune with this noisy world, but he seemed to belong here by nature.

Qi Baili suddenly regretted...he regretted that he hadn't come here earlier to have a look.

The day orchid pass at this time is its original appearance.

Qi Baili slowly closed his eyes as he walked forward.He handed over the direction to the steed at hand, and the horse lived up to his master's expectations and led him through the crowd.

Listening to the strange language around me, feeling the dry air.Qi Baili actually felt that the time was turned back to the year when Pei Ruzhou was still there.

With his eyes closed, he quietly called Pei Ruzhou's name over and over again.

And the horse just walked aimlessly.

After an unknown amount of time, the voice in Qi Baili's ear gradually became quieter.

He finally opened his eyes and looked towards the long street.

At this moment, the three big characters "General's Mansion" appeared in front of Qi Baili.

These three characters are written in low-key, regular block letters, and the door plaque is not big at all.Even the place where the vermilion lacquer was originally painted has long since peeled off, revealing a piece of blackness.

No matter from which angle you look at it, this is a low-key door that cannot be more low-key.

But the three words on the door, like a soldering iron, instantly burned Qi Baili's heart.

At this time, there are of course new generals at the Rioran Pass, and even Qi Baili still remembers that many generals have changed at the Rioran Pass over the years.

However, just like the Zhenxi General's Mansion in Fengcheng, the General's Mansion in Zhoulanguan has not been lived in for many years.

The owner of Shuming County was probably afraid of being emotional. After she came back, she didn't live in the original place, but set up another house for herself on the outskirts of the city.

The place where they used to live suddenly became empty.

Although Qi Baili did not order people not to come and live here, people still kept this place tacitly.

Everything stayed in the same year.

It stayed when Pei Ruzhou was around.

It is said that ever since he couldn't help but enter the mansion of General Zhenxi, Qi Baili would go to the house every now and then to have a look.

Over time, he got used to it.

But today, Qi Baili didn't even have the courage to push open the door when he came here.

He looked at the black door, standing there for a long time without moving.

Until a young man came from the other side of the long street.

The person who came was wearing a dark red robe, and the wind rolled up his ponytail, looking very chic.The young man continued to walk forward indifferently, and then saluted Qi Baili who was standing at the door.

"Your Majesty, welcome from far away."

Until hearing this voice, Baili, who had been looking at the door, finally raised his head to look at the person who came.

The next moment, a face that was four or five times similar to Pei Ruzhou appeared in front of him.

Qi Baili did not expect that the person who came would be Pei Ruzhou's younger brother Pei Yufeng.

……

In Qi Baili's impression, Pei Yufeng was still a child.

And when I saw Pei Yufeng again today, he seemed to be an adult.

Even Pei Yufeng looked older than Pei Ruzhou back then.

Seeing this, Qi Baili couldn't help but pause, has it been so long?

He couldn't help but compare - although Pei Yufeng's facial features were four or five points similar to Pei Ruzhou's, their temperaments were completely different.

Perhaps because he was too familiar with Pei Ruzhou, Qi Baili couldn't tell where the difference was.

He just thought of Pei Ruzhou again.

However, Pei Yufeng's personality seemed to be the same as before, he didn't care whether the person in front of him was the emperor of Dayi.

Seeing that Qi Baili didn't reply to him, Pei Yufeng also walked forward indifferently.

At the same time, following Qi Baili's gaze, they took a look at the door plaque in front of them.

Then Pei Yufeng said: "Since Your Majesty has come here, I will naturally invite you to take a look at the house on behalf of my mother."

After saying this, Pei Yufeng walked forward, and gently pushed open the door of his house.

Different from Qi Baili who was unfamiliar with this, Pei Yufeng grew up here since he was a child, and in recent years, although he doesn't live in the general's mansion in front of him, he still has to come to visit it every now and then.Clean up the yard from time to time——Pei Yufeng doesn't trust others to clean up here.

If Pei Ruzhou was here, what he would never have imagined was that in recent years, the small courtyard where he and his parents lived in the general's mansion were all cleaned up by Pei Yufeng himself.

……

Not to mention the trivial matter of cleaning, Qi Baili didn't dare to enter the door at this time.

But before he could say his refusal, Pei Yufeng, who was walking in front, had already pushed open the door, and gave way to the other party at the door next to him.

Qi Baili's gaze cast towards the courtyard in front of him without any cover.

Pei Yufeng has limited energy alone, and he was not able to tidy up the entire General's Mansion.

For example, the entrance area has not been cleaned for many years.

Although Pei Yufeng had to walk this road every time he went home, after a long time, there was still a thin layer of sand on the ground, and every step he took would leave footprints.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Pei Yufeng couldn't help explaining: "I've been cleaning this place all by myself. There is a desert near Rioran Pass, and as long as the wind blows, there will be sand, and it will pile up on the ground after a long time. "

Hearing Pei Yufeng's words, Qi Baili nodded.

He finally took a deep breath and walked towards the courtyard.

At this moment, Pei Ruzhou's voice seemed to ring in his ears.

——Qi Baili remembered that Pei Ruzhou seemed to have said to himself what Pei Yufeng said just now.

He said to himself: Day Lan Pass is surrounded by deserts, and the ground is often covered with a thin layer of golden sand. When the moon shines at night, the sand will glow blue.

At that moment, it was more beautiful than the snow.

For the same thing, Pei Ruzhou and Pei Yufeng said it completely differently.

Pei Ruzhou always loves Zhoulanguan so much.

And before he knew it, Qi Baili, who was originally indifferent to everything, had fallen in love with Zhou Languan just like Pei Ruzhou.More importantly, fall in love with the world.

Qi Baili walked forward cautiously.

But unfortunately, no matter how careful he was, the footprints were still on the ground.

Qi Baili couldn't help frowning.

Pei Ruzhou used to think that his younger brother Pei Yufeng was just a brat, but no matter what, Pei Yufeng had grown up now.

Seeing the emperor Qi Baili frowning here, Pei Yufeng was still a little nervous.

Although he doesn't care about the emperor, let alone Fengcheng.But these are things that my brother cared about very much before, and before the other party left, he entrusted himself to have a good relationship with Qi Baili.

Worried about whether he had messed up the matter, Pei Yufeng still couldn't help calling softly: "Your Majesty?"

After a pause, Pei Yufeng added to him: "If you don't mind, I'll have someone clean up this place before I invite you here?"

"No." Qi Baili answered quickly this time.

He finally walked forward without stopping.

Even at this time, Qi Baili specially picked the place where the sand was piled up thicker, and printed his footprints in the small courtyard of the General's Mansion.

"Hey..." Pei Yufeng had no idea what Qi Baili was going to do.After seeing the other party's actions, Pei Yufeng subconsciously opened his mouth to stop Qi Baili, but after a breath, realizing the current identity of the other party, Pei Yufeng swallowed all the words he hadn't said yet.

Forget it, what the emperor wants to do, how can I control it?

Probably only elder brother Pei Ruzhou can understand him in this world, right?

Pei Yufeng thought of Pei Ruzhou, especially Qi Baili.

——Pei Ruzhou is indeed different from Pei Yufeng, he is the most special person in this world.

Qi Baili couldn't help but think, if Pei Ruzhou was here now, he would definitely not stop himself from walking in the sand.

Even together with myself, we will print our footprints here.

So on this day, the unsmiling emperor in Fengcheng Huazhang Palace did something that was very inconsistent with his identity.

He deliberately stepped on the sand, and clearly printed his footprints in the General's Mansion.

Qi Baili walked to Pei Ruzhou's house step by step like this.

There are small corridor bridges and imitated landscapes.

In all honesty, although the size of the General's Mansion at Zhoulan Pass is not small at all, the decoration inside is still much worse than the mansion in Fengcheng.

Many of the scenes were of inferior quality to Qi Baili, who was used to luxury.But he likes it very much, because this is the place where Pei Ruzhou has lived for the longest time.

Although Pei Yufeng had to go home every now and then, he always went straight to his destination, which was the small courtyard where his family lived.

He guessed just now that Qi Baili probably also wanted to see the place where Pei Ruzhou used to live.

But the other party is the king of a country, Pei Yufeng can't interrupt Qi Baili's pace anyway, tell the other party that the small courtyard is in another direction.So Pei Yufeng remained silent, and followed Qi Baili around the garden with him.

It's different from Fengcheng.

It seldom rains here at Day Lan Pass, and the growth rate of plants is relatively slow.Therefore, although no one has lived in the General's Mansion for many years, the degree of dilapidation of pavilions, towers and pavilions is far less than that of the Imperial Capital.

If you ignore the thick sand on the ground and the pavilions with different colors from the past, at first glance, it is really not much different from before.

Pei Yufeng is an outgoing person, he is very talkative.

So after coming here, Pei Yufeng couldn't help but say to Qi Baili: "This is the study room, we used to study here when we were young."

Pei Yufeng originally thought that Qi Baili would not answer his own words, but unlike what he imagined, after hearing what he said, the emperor Qi Baili turned around and asked himself in a very polite tone: "Can I go and see first? "

"Ah?" After hearing Qi Baili's question, Pei Yufeng nodded quickly and said, "Of course, Your Majesty." Then he walked forward and gently pushed the door open.

Although Pei Yufeng had made preparations a long time ago, a thick layer of dust still fell from the door the moment it opened.

Qi Baili's sight was also covered by the dust.

He held his breath.

Everything around him also became unreal because of the dust, just in a trance, Qi Baili even felt that he had come to a dream.

He ignored Pei Yufeng who was beside him, and walked straight into the room.

By accident, Qi Baili walked to the Duobao Pavilion at the back of the room.

"Your Majesty, here..." Before Pei Yufeng could finish the word "dirty", Qi Baili's fingers touched the wooden shelf.

Forget it.

After all, he was also a person who grew up in Zhoulan Pass, and Pei Yufeng had no respect for Qi Baili from the bottom of his heart.

Seeing that Qi Baili's hand had touched the dirty thing, Pei Yufeng didn't cry like the eunuch and maid of Fengcheng.He silently looked away as if he didn't see it.

Anyway, there is nothing here, so Pei Yufeng can look at it if he wants.

Although they are brothers with the same father and mother, as Qi Baili felt, Pei Ruzhou and Pei Yufeng have different personalities and hobbies.Pei Yufeng liked to wield knives and guns from birth, and he didn't like reading and writing at all.

So he really rarely comes to this study, and he doesn't know exactly what is placed in the study.He only knew roughly that many of the manuscripts and this book were left by Pei Ruzhou back then.

Even Qi Baili wanted to see it, so let him see it.

At this moment, Qi Baili had no time to think about what Pei Yufeng was doing behind the scenes, and his attention was completely focused on the booklet in front of him.

This booklet should be used by Pei Ruzhou to practice calligraphy.

Qi Baili saw that on the cover of the booklet, poems were copied in different fonts.

Logically speaking, although this is also what Pei Ruzhou left behind, it's a bit boring no matter what.Qi Baili should not be interested in him.

But somehow, Qi Baili's hand still touched here.

He really knows Pei Ruzhou too well, and Qi Baili can tell that the fonts on the books in front of him are a little more mature than when Pei Ruzhou was in Fengcheng.

In other words, this may be after Pei Ruzhou returns home.Or maybe it was written by him during the marching and fighting.

What Qi Baili originally thought was - he had never known what poems Pei Ruzhou liked, and what books he liked to read.

If he could read this point from the verses that Pei Ruzhou usually used to practice calligraphy, then after many years, he and Pei Ruzhou would be a little closer again.

In addition, this time gave the book a different meaning.

Perhaps from the poems that Pei Ruzhou liked to read when he was marching, he could also feel some of his mood at that time.

Qi Baili's fingers paused for a moment, and after making sufficient mental preparations, he finally opened the book.

"Don't you see that walking along the Machuan River and the snowy seaside, the flat sand is wild and yellow into the sky." [1]

He saw that this poem was written repeatedly by Pei Ruzhou.

...and when Qi Baili came to look for Pei Ruzhou, he also heard this poem.

In a trance, the sound of the pipa seemed to appear in Qi Baili's ears again.

His mood was extremely complicated, and even his heart felt a physical pain.

Qi Baili has always felt that he is a person who can endure pain.

But now he actually has a feeling of being unable to parry.

Qi Baili took a deep breath and turned the page anyway, this line of poem was repeated countless times in this book.Therefore, Qi Bailibian unexpectedly read the last page in one breath.

It was also at this moment that Qi Baili, who was about to close the book, suddenly stopped what he was doing.

Standing behind him, Pei Yufeng felt that the person in front of him suddenly tensed up.

Qi Baili's back trembled slightly, as if he saw something terrible.

"Your Majesty..." Before Pei Yufeng could finish his sentence, Qi Baili's hand shook heavily.

The next moment, the book that Qi Baili held in his hands like a treasure, fell from the sky like this, and hit the ground hard.

What exactly did Qi Baili see?

Pei Yufeng was taken aback by Qi Baili's reaction.

On the other side, Qi Baili slowly closed his eyes while adjusting his breathing.

He felt that at this moment he could hear the beating of the heart in his chest.

Excitement, fear, awe, wonder.

……

Qi Baili really hasn't felt so many emotions for a long time.

But now, these emotions really appeared in his heart.The soul, which had no fluctuations before, also trembled wildly.

Qi Baili had to work hard to adjust his breathing.

He squatted down again in slow motion, and picked up the thing carefully.

Qi Baili has never been as excited as he is now.While trying to adjust his breathing, he turned the book to the last page.

——This page has a time written on it, Qi Baili will never remember it wrongly, that time should be on the way Pei Ruzhou left Fengcheng and returned to Zhoulan Pass.

At that time, Pei Ruzhou was just the eldest son of the Pei family.

He hasn't even been on the battlefield yet.

Everything hasn't started yet.

However, at that time.

"Marquis Guangce recovered the fourteen countries in the Western Regions. In the same year, Qi Baili, the sixth son of the emperor, exterminated the guards and proclaimed himself emperor."